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Consumers Warned to Avoid New Scam Tactics When Waiting for Package Deliveries

Consumers Warned to Avoid New Scam Tactics When Waiting for Package Deliveries
An Amazon delivery worker pulls a delivery cart full of packages in New York City on June 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
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While waiting for your last holiday purchase to arrive, it may be tempting to open a text inviting you to check new tracking information.

Don’t do it, warned Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody, unless you’re sure the text really did come from your shipper.

Nanette Holt
Nanette Holt
Senior Features Editor
Nanette Holt is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter and senior features editor covering issues of national interest. Ms. Holt has had more than 30 years of experience in media and has written for Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, and others.
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